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05/14/2026

Thank you Al Gore for your passion.

04/17/2026

Tom Skilling A good example of how carbon acts in the environment, take a look at smoke. Concetrations of carbon are heaviest in direct flow from the source and disperses across an elevation. Concentrations of carbon ppm in the atmosphere decrease when freshly produced oxygen is added to the computations. There is a thing called smoke lighting that happens when carbon filled air is compressed by two weather fronts and wind collides in opposite directions.
When you see a lighting storm, think of the carbon riding the weather front, like surfing in Hawaii.

Before the Industrial Revolution CO2 sat at 280 ppm for thousands of years. Humans moved it to 430 ppm in roughly 200.
Atmospheric CO2 hit a seasonal peak of 430.5 ppm at Mauna Loa Observatory in May 2025, the highest level in millions of years according to NOAA and Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The 2024 annual average reached 422.8 ppm marking the largest single-year increase ever recorded at 3.75 ppm. Ice cores from Antarctica confirm CO2 never exceeded 300 ppm in the past 800,000 years. The current rate of increase is approximately 100 times faster than any natural rise in Earth's history.
Shared for informational purposes only.
Source: NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory / Scripps Institution of Oceanography / Mauna Loa Observatory (2025)

04/12/2026

Are you time impoverished? In a hurry and just want to see the green potential score and not have to go through all of the expanded data and research stuff?
Just answer the the numbered questions. These are primary questions for your score. All the expanded sections are included for residential green disclosures and appraisal green addendums. Any history and dates are optional and pretty much for your benefit. Anything can change in your house, a little or a lot.
So, raise your GAPScore doing it.

04/02/2026

Homes have reduced their carbon emissions over the decades.
This 800 page report details so much climate action info, it's scary. Look at the residential direct and residual GHG emissions stats.

View or download the Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2022, including individual chapters and annexes.

01/21/2025

GOOD NEWS!
We’re on “emergency call duty” due to bad weather in the Chicago area. Frozen pipes, broken window, or anything can happen.
Perfect timing for our
Grand Opening of GAPScoreGC.com
You’re cordially invited to work with the newly created GAPScore GC, Inc. We’re taking on new business and bringing in new people that like to keep their homes at a top notch level.

Hurry! Text or call me at 312-292-8575 while the schedules are still open.
Thank you,
Steve
gapscoregc.com

12/14/2024

Is money pouring out of your house like a faucet flowing with gold?
Being greener keeps that from happening.

BTW this faucet has an airator and low flow water sense fixture that gets green points for water on the GAPScore Sustainably Scale.
Verify it yourself.
Use code LOVE for your free entry when registering.

12/11/2024

Bleach isn't the answer to all mold issues. Here's a step by step pictorial to stop the source instead of treating the symptoms.

No bleach required for this repair and technique.

04/21/2024

This show made me very happy. When the GAPScore Survey and home green assessment was devised, our human footprint was deeply considered.

In Singapore, you have to replace every inch of vegetation within the lot size of your newly constructed buildings. This increases the species count in urban areas and green spaces within them.
GAPScore only asks for 50% of the lot size covered with foliage. Increasing from 0% foliage to over 50% makes a huge ecological difference.
gapscore.com
How green is your house compared to those around the world?
You can verify it today.

https://www.pbs.org/video/what-is-human-footprint-z1cogj/

"Human Footprint" is a deep dive into a world reshaped by one remarkable species: us.

04/16/2024

Let's make greening your home simple and easy. On a scale of 1-100, how green is your home with air, water, energy, solar, and sustainability? If you're doing over 50 in any category, you're doing solid green work for that category.